Chartered in 1789, and admitting students since 1795, University of Carolina-Chapel Hill is one of the oldest public universities of the USA. Termed as Public Ivy, it indicates that the university provides its students with the experience and education of an ivy league college. Not only does UNC-Chapel Hill provide top-notch education to its students, it also provides exposure in the field of sportsand much more. The UNC-Chapel Hill notable alumni come from different fields, be it academics, such as Volker Berghah, Glenda Gilmore among many others, be it Pulitzer Prize winners such as Jonathan Yardley, be it entrepreneurs such as Michele Buck, or be it sportsperson such as Michael Jordan among many others, and the list is almost endless.
The students are nicknamed Tar Heels, and the UNC-CHapel Hill has a live ram called Rameses as its mascot. Overturning the word Tar Heel from being kind of slurs to accolade, the people of North Carolina embraced their identity, the spirit of which the school wanted to encapture.
Spread over a sprawling 729-acres campus, the university boasts of top-notch education and experience at quite affordable fees.
As one of top universities of the USA, UNC-Chapel Hill is a much sought after university by aspirants of higher education. With a mere 23% acceptance rate, the university selects some of the best minds and nurturs them to be experts in their fields. The student-faculty ratio is 13:1, which provides individual attention to each student.
The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill accreditation is by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
Reviews
Some of the reviews by students and rankings by US News and World Report are given below
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It's a beautiful University that has lots of resources and some excellent professors.
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Once you go to Chapel Hill there is this automatic sense of school pride. Automatically, you gain this indescribable feeling of being a student. This school is excellent for its academics and sports.
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It’s a great university. There is a wide variety of courses and organizations, and the professors here really value diversity. There are plenty of opportunities to engage with the community, and there are lots of ways to have fun and socialize.
